Cabinet drawers security locking device

Abstract

A locking device for retaining a plurality of drawers in secured relation in a cabinet even while the cabinet is being transported and subjected to vibrations. The device includes a rod carried in snug fitting relation in openings provided in upper and lower support brackets secured, respectively, to upper and lower surfaces of the cabinet. The rod is movable into and out of engagement with the drawers while remaining in the support bracket.

I claim: 
     
       1. A locking device for releasably securing a plurality of drawers in a cabinet, said locking device comprising: a. a pair of upper and lower support brackets, said upper and lower support brackets respectively secured to upper and lower surfaces of said cabinet, said upper support bracket having a pair of semi-circular openings therein joined by a connecting slot having a width smaller than the diameters of said semi-circular openings, said lower bracket having a pair of spaced openings therein, said openings of said lower bracket having a smaller diameter than said semi-circular openings of said upper bracket; and,   b. a rod slidably supported in said brackets, said rod disposed for engagement with said drawers for retention thereof in secured relation, said rod being positioned in a first of said semi-circular openings of said upper bracket and a first of said pair of spaced openings of said lower bracket for secured relation of said drawers and movable to a second of said semi-circular openings of said upper bracket and a second of said pair of spaced openings of said lower bracket for release of said drawers, said rod having an upper section provided with a diameter larger than the diameter of a lower section thereof, said lower section having a diameter smaller than said connecting slot of said upper bracket.